The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of an intensive 3D mental rotation task on ... trial, all participants played 3D Tetris for one hour. A total score was ...
Cent. Eur. J. Biol. • 7(6) • 2012 • 1005-1012 DOI: 10.2478/s11535-012-0084-6
Central European Journal of Biology
The effect of mental rotation on changes in plasma testosterone and cortisol levels Research Article
Jaroslava Durdiaková1,2,*, Július Hodosy1,2, Aneta Kubranská1, Daniela Ostatníková1, Peter Celec2,3,4 Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, 81372 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, 81108 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, 81108 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Received 03 May 2012; Accepted 19 July 2012
Abstract: T estosteronelevelhasaninfluenceoncognitivefunctions,especiallyspatialabilities.Therelationshipis,however,bidirectionaland brainactivityalsoaffectstestosteronelevels.Theaimofthisstudywastoanalyzetheeffectsofanintensive3Dmentalrotationtaskon testosteronelevelsinyounghealthymenandwomen.Inthementalrotationtask,menreachedahighertopscore(P=0.027)andtotalscore (P=0.004)comparedtowomen.In8outof9women(P=0.008)butnotinmen(P=0.129)testosteronelevelsdecreasedafteronehour ofmentalrotationtesting.Asignificantgenderdifferencewasshown(P
